The "Wiener Test" | Vienna Metblogs

May 3rd, 2006 @ 7:16 PM Art & Culture

Every region has its very own slang.
Vienna has one too, and sometimes i hear words that make me giggle instantly, and that for hours.

Now there is a test to check how good your viennese slang is!

I guess the test only makes sense for german readers.
But to give the english readers a few examples (they probably want make you laugh though):

Nymphomaniac: “Nudlfriedhof” = Noodle-Cemetery
VW beetle: “Asphalt-Tuttl” = Asphalt-Boob (tit)

My score was beyond bad. I admit it.

3 Comments so far

nungee (unregistered) on May 4th, 2006 @ 1:46 am

i think i can live with 61%
thanks for the info Daniela. it’s always heartwarming for me to read expressions like that and be reminded of the strange charme of Vienna and its languange that i sometimes miss…
nex (unregistered) on May 4th, 2006 @ 10:41 am

i scored 83%, which can only mean that it’s not difficult enough :-) but very amusing, yes.
KazMac (unregistered) on May 7th, 2006 @ 7:44 pm

Thanks Daniela,
What can I say, four correct out of the first five and after that it was all downhill.
Maybe it is time for me to move to Vienna – I think !
Kazmac, Manchester, England.